Enforcement/Implementation of ESCR

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New discussion paper with key proposals regarding the follow-up on views issued by UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

The Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) has launched a discussion paper ...

African Court delivered landmark judgment on Ogiek community land rights case

The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights, at its 45th session on 26 May 2017 in Arusha, has ruled in favor of the Ogiek indigenous peoples in their claim against the Kenyan government, for consistent violations and denial of their land rights. The Court held,...

Advances in land rights cases involving indigenous communities in Paraguay

Paraguayan organization Tierraviva a los Pueblos Indígenas del Chaco recently became more optimistic regarding the possibility of achieving new...

Members submit amicus brief to the Inter-American Court regarding implementation of Sarayaku v. Ecuador

On 16 February 2017, the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF); the Center for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia); and Earth Rights International (ERI) - all members of ESCR-Net - submitted an amicus curiae to the Inter-American Court of...

ESCR-Net members launch book on the enforcement of ESCR

Several ESCR-Net members launched a book on the enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) in March 2017. The book, ...

Initial steps towards improving the implementation of decisions in the Americas

On 20 March 2017, members of the Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) gathered at the office of the Due Process...

ESCR-Net sends letter to the ACHPR regarding land restitution for the Endorois

For the last five years, ESCR-Net's Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) has promoted the restitution of lands to the Endorois community via the...

Plataforma Dhesca chosen as president of Brazil's National Human Rights Council

ESCR-Net member Plataforma Dhesca has been chosen to head the National Human Rights Council (NHRC) in Brazil, which seeks to promote and defend human rights...

FESPAD supports litigation against a Canadian mining company, and El Salvador wins

On 14 October 2016, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ruled in favour of the Government of El Salvador regarding a complaint filed by the Canadian mining company Pacific Rim/...

The SLWG and the Geneva Academy organize joint meeting with HRC and CESCR members

In the context of the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the first rulings of the Committee on ESCR (CESCR) under the OP-ICESCR, and advances in...